Culture Committee

 

  To: Consultees to the Culture Committee’s Welsh language review  

 Bae Caerdydd / Cardiff Bay
Caerdydd / Cardiff CF99 1NA

 

 

8 May 2001 Dear Colleague

CULTURE COMMITTEE'S REVIEW OF THE WELSH LANGUAGE

The context of the review

The National Assembly’s Culture Committee is currently undertaking a review of the Welsh language. This will involve both written consultation and information gathering sessions within committee. The Assembly set out its long-term vision for Wales in betterwales.com The vision included a commitment to "fostering its unique identity and the benefits of bilingualism.." Against this background, the Culture Committee will suggest a concrete strategy of actions to help achieve this. Changes that created the Education Committee and the Culture Committee as separate entities have resulted in the main review being undertaken by the Culture Committee and the review of the Welsh language in formal education (Schools, FE and HE) being conducted separately by the Education Committee and to begin later in the year. However, non-statutory education, such as nursery provision and adult education, does fall under the remit of this review. During the review, the Culture Committee will receive expert advice from Euryn Ogwen Williams.

Contributing to the review

Attached to this letter are a number of documents we hope will help inform responses to the review:  

• Annex A contains the Terms of Reference and the Plenary's resolution of 4 July 2000. In accordance with this resolution this Review will not be considering any detailed legislative matters.
• Annex B is the proposed review timetable; this is an initial draft, subject to amendment. Those organisations listed for appearance before the Committee will shortly receive a separate invitation letter. Organisations not listed here, but who wish to make an oral contribution to the review, will have the opportunity to do this at the "open microphone" sessions at the four language review "roadshows" shown in the timetable.
• Annex C sets out a number of themes which the review will pay particular attention to, and invites individuals and organisations to present evidence on the basis of the range of topics and issues listed. Whilst we would appreciate comments on these themes, contributors are by no means limited to commenting solely upon them and are free to make any points they wish.
• Annex D is a position paper on the Welsh Language, considered by the Committee on 14^th March.
• Annex E provides some background details about the Committee.
• Annex F is the list of organisations and individuals invited to contribute to this written consultation. If consultees consider there are other organisations and individuals who would wish to contribute to the review, but who are not listed here, I would be grateful if they could forward this letter and attachments to them.

You are invited to contribute to the written consultation exercise by sending your views to me by the end of July 2001. Information on the review and on the consultation arrangements is set out below. As part of the National Assembly's commitment to openness, written responses will be placed in the National Assembly’s libraries and will be made available to the public on request. Please indicate if you wish your response or any part of it, not to be made publicly available. Yours sincerely   JULIA ANNAND Clerk Culture Committee Tel: 029 20898238 Fax: 029 20898021 E-mail: julia.annand@wales.gsi.gov.uk  

ANNEX A

TERMS OF REFERENCE

The review's terms of reference are as follows: To seek to define more closely the National Assembly’s established objective of 'creating a bilingual Wales’. The Committee will aim to suggest a concrete strategy of actions for achieving that objective. The review will pay particular attention to the following themes:

• enabling people to use either language or both in all aspects of national life and in their communities;
• supporting Welsh as a family and community language;
• providing opportunities for people to learn Welsh, and to use it;
• promoting equal respect for both Welsh and English, and maintaining national consensus and goodwill about bilingualism.

The Committee will examine the work of the Welsh Language Board, and it will also examine the role and contribution of a range of other organisations. These will include agencies involved in economic development, tackling social exclusion, improving learning, and improving the quality of life.  

TERMS OF THE RESOLUTION ADOPTED BY PLENARY ON 4 JULY 2000

The National Assembly: 1 Notes the commitment made in the 'A Better Wales' document to fostering the benefits of bilingualism. 2 Recognises the contribution that the foundation of S4C and the Welsh Language Board has made to Wales, and welcomes other positive steps that have flowed from the Welsh Language Act 1993. 3 Welcomes the further progress made for the Welsh language in the first year of devolution, which has included:

the full implementation of national curriculum requirements for Welsh at key stage 4 in non-Welsh speaking schools;

the signature by the UK Government of the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages;

the increase in resources to the Welsh Language Board from the 1999-2000 budgeting round.

4 Endorses the resolution passed by the Post-16 Education and Training Committee on 16 February. 5 Calls upon the Post-16 Education and Training Committee to allocate time in its forward work programme as soon as possible to conduct a comprehensive policy review into the Welsh language in order to form a strategy for the future; and 6 Welcomes the opportunity which will be afforded by the forthcoming quinquennial review to consider in depth the activity and operation of the Welsh Language Board. 7 Resolves to adopt policies which support the communities of Wales and which will ensure that the Welsh language flourishes in those communities. 8 Confirms its belief that the Welsh language belongs to all the people of Wales, be they Welsh speakers or non-Welsh speakers, and resolves to co-operate with public, private and voluntary organisations to maximise the opportunities for people in all parts of Wales to participate in the bilingual culture and public life of Wales; and 9 Regrets that the Department for Education and Employment is not prepared to take the necessary steps to secure the future of the London Welsh School, and calls on the Department to reconsider its decision not to fund this important and valuable school.

ANNEX B

WELSH LANGUAGE REVIEW PROJECT TIMETABLE

(NB: Need to add possible regional committee’ activity to this list)

NAfW-Committees--Welsh Language Review - Consultation pack

Meeting date (all Wednesday morning)	Activity	Venues/organisations attending
2 May	Presentation and questions	NAW Welsh Language BoardOther confirmed agenda items:Presentation by Welsh Books CouncilPresentation by City & County of CardiffCommittee report under Standing Order 9.9
16 May	Presentation and questions	NAWMr Winston RoddickAcademics(provisional list:Prof Colin WilliamsDr Mark Tewdwr JonesDylan Phillips)Other confirmed agenda items:Minister’s reportDiscussion with Wales Millennium Centre
6 June	Roadshow	Aberystwyth Arts CentreUrdd Gobaith CymruWelsh Books CouncilCYDCeredigion CCNational Library of WalesYoung Farmers’ Clubs of Wales
20 June	Presentation and questions	NAWA Culture in CommonDiscussion of budget prioritiesMinister’s reportRESOURCE
4 July	Roadshow	DenbighCefnPopeth CymraegNational Language Centre Denbighshire CCGwynedd CC
18 July	Presentation and questions	NAWCymdeithas yr Iaith GymraegNational Eisteddfod (+ Committee discussion on progress of review to date)Other confirmed agenda items:Minister’s reportFinal discussion on budget prioritiesQuinquennial review reports - WLB
19 July (pm)Additional meeting		NMW - consultation on display of artQuinquennial review reports - NMWAssembly’s language scheme
	RECESS
24 Oct	Roadshow	SwanseaMentrau IaithIaith CyfMerched y WawrMudiad Ysgolion MeithrinSwansea CCCarmarthen CCPembs CC
7 Nov	Presentations and questions	NAWCommission for Racial EqualityEuropean Bureau for Lesser-Used LanguagesELWAWCVAMercatorOther confirmed agenda items:Minister’s report
15 Nov	Roadshow	NewportWDAWales Tourist BoardMenter a BusnesProf Dylan Jones-EvansCBI WalesWales TUCDavid Davies AMDuke of Edinburgh Award SchemeMr Roy Thomas
21 Nov	Presentations and questions	NAWNHS Confederation WalesFederation of Small BusinessesWLGAOther confirmed items:Culture Strategy
5 Dec	Presentation and questions	NAWBBC WalesS4CGolwg (Dylan Iorwerth)Arts Council of Wales(+ Committee discussion of progress to date)Other confirmed agenda items:Minister’s report
Jan-April 2002	Discussion, analysis, evaluation & report stage	Session with the Welsh Language Board in January 2002

 

ANNEX C

The following themes will provide the structure for the Review and the final report. It would be helpful if you could address the themes in this form in your submission. We have included Priorities, Measures and Potential Barriers that have already been identified in reports and discussions about the Welsh language. You may wish to respond to or add to these in your submission. These Main Themes are 'political’ in the sense that they are about supporting people in their communities and citizens in relation to their democratic government. There are also five crosscutting issues that come from theoretical work on bilingualism and language planning. The theory is based on studies of communities throughout the world that have dealt with bilingualism..  

THEME: FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES

This theme in particular should be considered in conjunction with the cross cutting themes outlined below. The Education Committee will review the formal side of bilingual education. Its evidence will be collected separately. This review considers nursery education and Welsh-for-adults provision which is developed by the various communities below.  

PRIORITIES:

• Families
• Geographical Communities (including heartland communities)
• Institutional Communities (Statutory and Voluntary)
• Corporate Communities
• Distance Communities
• Young people outside school environment
• Migration to and from Welsh heartland areas

MEASURES:

• Language Planning
• Community Empowerment
• Training
• Family and Community Support Measures
• Dynamic Enabling Agencies
• Sustainable development
• Connectivity and access to new technology
• Effective partnerships

 

POTENTIAL BARRIERS:

• Lack of resources
• Lack of new ideas
• Planning regulations
• Top-down bureaucracy
• Digital Divide

 

THEME: ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

Without economic activity, communities die. Without a community languages die. Economic development, particularly in traditional 'heartland' communities, is the lifeblood of the language maintenance. Historical examples are found in the quarrying areas of North Wales and the West Wales coalfield; a more recent example is found in the independent production sector supplying S4C, Antur Teifi and Menter a Busnes.

PRIORITIES:

• Encouraging and supporting initiatives, particularly community initiatives, in areas where the Welsh language is strong, for Objective 1 funding.
• Ensure that these areas are not excluded from the information society because of location.
• Providing incentives for creating bilingual resources.

MEASURES:

• Encourage bilingual entrepreneurship through additional incentives.
• Providing affordable broadband connectivity to all parts of Wales.
• Provide training and supporting the New Economic opportunities for SMEs employing a bilingual workforce.
• Consider tax or rates incentives for SMEs operating bilingually.

 

POTENTIAL BARRIERS:

• Failure to understand that economic development is essential for language development.
• Failure to embrace the opportunities in New Technology that are not limited by location.
• Failure to incorporate mainstream economic thinking on consumer behaviour into language planning.

   

THEME: RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT

There are many gaps in the information required to develop a clear picture of the current situation. Full census data will not be available until 2003. Information will be required to prioritise initiatives that may be recommended by the Committee.

PRIORITIES:

• Set up the process of collecting the basic data on the current situation of the Welsh language.
• Set benchmarks to measure the effectiveness of current policy and investment in key areas.
• Set up professional research to map the effectiveness of bilingual provision in Wales.
• Research and develop traditional and new ways of enabling and distributing creative resources in the Welsh language.

MEASURES:

• Establish a partnership of agencies, S4C, BBC Radio Cymru, Wales Tourist Board, WDA, Welsh Language board and others with research capacity to pool resources.
• Welsh Language Board to audit current research and create and co-ordinate a future all-Wales research plan.
• Create database of research supported by a Welsh HE institution for use by those involved in projects and linked to European research.
• Ensure that this provides the basis for mid and long-term planning of public investment.

POTENTIAL BARRIERS:

• Failure to face up to the need to justify public investment
• Allow the tradition institutional deals to continue
• Lack of trust in an open and accountable democratic process

THEME: PROMOTING BILINGUALISM AND MAINTAINING

NATIONAL CONSENSUS AND GOODWILL

Where the minority of people are bilingual and the majority recognises the right of the individual citizen to access services in either or both languages, there is evidence that a stable and durable language arrangement can be found. Finding consensus on this way forward is one of the themes of this review.

PRIORITIES:

• Build on the vision of a bilingual, multi-cultural, democratic Wales.
• Create a perception of the Welsh language as a unique resource.
• Define the relationships between citizen, the community and government.

MEASURES:

• The National Assembly to lead on the development of holistic policies.
• Make Welsh language resources available in every community including web communities.
• Analyse attitudes and through a partnership of agencies promote the concept of bilingualism throughout Wales.

POTENTIAL BARRIERS:

• That we confuse language revitalisation with cultural maintenance.
• That we discuss issues of 'ethnic membership’ rather than a plural society.

 

THEME: PUBLIC INVESTMENT AND DELIVERY STRUCTURES

This theme is concerned with taking the holistic view of language planning. It is about including language as a crosscutting theme in any or all public investment in people and communities.

PRIORITIES:

• The future role of the Welsh Language Board.
• The creation of a dynamic network of delivery systems.
• Establish mechanisms of accountability
• To make full use of S4C's television service and the BBC's Radio Cymru to deliver popular and relevant entertainment, information and education in the Welsh Language.

MEASURES:

• Specify the functions of the Welsh Language Board as co-ordinator and light-touch regulator.
• Resource the Board adequately to perform its functions (these will be defined in the strategy that evolves during the review.)
• Create a forum to consider the annual broadcast plans presented by S4C and BBC Radio Cymru to OFCOM.
• Enable sustainable initiatives that will become the dynamic network of delivery.

POTENTIAL BARRIERS:

• That we talk about subsidy rather than investment in people, communities and democratic choice.
• That we fail to use the liberating forces of new communication technologies.
• That we continue with top-down bureaucratic solutions

There are also five key cross cutting themes which should be fully considered when discussing all issues. These are: 1. Normalisation - It is fundamental in a bilingual country that both languages are used normally in every context according to the choice of individual citizens. The normalisation of the use of both Welsh and English in all state and macro-corporate and micro-corporate activities needs to be recognised and enhanced. It means

Enabling people to use either or both languages in everyday life

Broadening the range of contexts for the Welsh language

Encouraging the acceptance of bilingualism in public administration, commercial transactions and in the workplace

2. Language Transmission - factors which will determine whether the language is sustained from generation to generation and interventions necessary to ensure that this happens 3. Community sustainability - factors which will determine whether the use of the Welsh language is sustained and developed within communities - whether they be geographical communities, institutional communities, corporate communities or distance communities 4. Language continuum development - the enhancing of language skills and areas of use and increasing confidence in the use of the language 5. The development of diglossic situations - enhancing opportunities where Welsh is an obvious means of communication. ANNEX D

Culture Committee - CC-5-01(p.2)

NAfW-Committees--Welsh Language Review - Consultation pack

Date:	14th March 2001
Time:	9.00am - 12.15pm
Venue:	Committee Room 1, National Assembly Building

 

Title: SUPPORTING THE WELSH LANGUAGE- A POSITION PAPER

Purpose

1. The Culture Committee Secretariat has requested a position paper on the Welsh language. This paper responds to that request. The Minister for Culture, Sport and the Welsh Language has approved this paper.

Summary

2. This paper :

• presents some data on the current position of the language;
• summarises past public policy interventions
• outlines the role of the Welsh Language Board (Annex 1)

The State of the Language : Some Data

3. The 1991 Census recorded 500,000 Welsh-speakers (18.5% of the population). This was only marginally lower than the 508,000 (18.9%) recorded in 1981. (The 1991 census figure for those who said they could either read, write or speak Welsh was 20.1%). 4. The 1991 census results were widely seen as encouraging. They were interpreted as demonstrating a stabilisation of the language’s position, after decades of decline:

NAfW-Committees--Welsh Language Review - Consultation pack

Population present on Census night aged 3 and over, percentage speaking Welsh 1921-1991

NAfW-Committees--Welsh Language Review - Consultation pack

Year	Percentage
1921	37.1%
1931	36.8%
1951	28.9%
1961	26.0%
1971	20.8%
1981	18.9%
1991	18.5%

5. Two other surveys since 1991 have also sought to measure numbers of Welsh speakers. These have been conducted on a sample basis, and using slightly different questions. 6. The 1992 Welsh Social Survey, using a small sample, reported that 20.4% of the population were Welsh-speakers. The 1997 Welsh Household Interview Survey, on a much larger sample, produced a figure of 20.5%. It is difficult to know whether this should be seen as evidence that the number of Welsh-speakers has risen during the 1990s (because of the varying survey methods). Taken together, the 1991 census and the 1992 and 1997 surveys all suggest that the proportion of Welsh-speakers is about one-fifth of the total population. 7. The regional distribution of Welsh-speakers shows the highest proportions in the more westerly counties (Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion, Gwynedd and Anglesey were more than 50% Welsh-speaking in 1991). However, this tends to obscure the regional distribution of absolute numbers of speakers. For example, both Rhondda, Cynon, Taff and Denbighshire had 25,000 Welsh-speakers in 1991, and there were 32,000 Welsh-speakers in both Conwy and Swansea. The absolute numbers in Ceredigion (36,000) and on Anglesey (41,000) were not in fact so much greater. Only in Carmarthenshire (92,000) and Gwynedd (79,000) are the absolute numbers of Welsh-speakers of a much higher order. 8. The local picture is yet more diverse than the regional one. For example, the Cynon Valley became the last of the former Mid Glamorgan districts to become less than 10% Welsh-speaking in 1991. But at the same time numbers of Welsh-speakers in adjacent Taff-Ely and in Cardiff had risen. 9. At the local level there is continuing contraction of Welsh-speaking communities. In 1981, 128 of 800 wards in Wales were 70% or more Welsh-speaking and 7.1% of the population lived there. By 1991, only 87 wards out of 908 met the same definition, and only 5.1% of the population lived there. 10. The age profile of Welsh-speakers is particularly significant for policy analysis, and is one of the most complex areas to interpret. The1991 census recorded significantly fewer Welsh-speakers in the over-45 age groups than in1981. In the 15 to 44 age-groups there had been little change (a small rise in the 15-24 age group). In total, the number of Welsh-speakers aged 15 and over fell between 1981 and 1991 from 424,000 to 396,000 - a drop of 7%. 11. The continuing fall in the number of older speakers was counter-balanced in the 1991 Census results by dramatic increases in the numbers of school-aged children recorded as speaking Welsh. In 1991, 26.9% of the 10-14 age group were recorded as speaking Welsh (18.5% in 1981) as were 24.7% of children aged 5-9 (17.8% in 1981). 12. The rising number of children recorded by the 1991 census as Welsh-speaking undoubtedly reflects the key role of the education service in sustaining the language. The continuing growth of Welsh-medium education is part of the story. In school year 1990-91, 21.8% of primary-school pupils and 15.1% of secondary-school pupils were attending Welsh-medium or bilingual schools (these proportions have continued to rise gradually in the years since). It is likely that the teaching of Welsh as a second language is also influencing the numbers of children recorded as speaking Welsh, and that some children recorded at the census as Welsh-speaking were learning it as a second language. 13. Within the total group of Welsh-speakers, people for whom Welsh is a "mother-tongue" are a relatively small group, particularly in the younger generations. Primary headteachers’ assessed 6.3% of their pupils to be 'fluent home language’ speakers in 1998/99 (compared to 8% twenty years ago). The 1992 Welsh Social Survey estimated that 4.6% of children aged 5-10 spoke "more Welsh than English" at home. Past Public Policy Interventions 14. The principal elements of the Assembly’s policy inheritance in this field are:

• the Welsh Language Act 1993 which established the Welsh Language Board, and under which over 150 public bodies have so far implemented Welsh language schemes,
• the introduction of Welsh as a mandatory subject of study in the National Curriculum, following the Education Reform Act 1988
• the growth in provision of Welsh-medium and bilingual education (a responsibility of local authorities)
• the place given to Welsh in broadcasting (the responsibility of the UK Government and the broadcasting bodies) the provision of grants for Welsh language projects (these are now administered by the Welsh Language Board).
  Welsh language grants support (inter alia) peripatetic Welsh teachers ('Athrawon Bro’); voluntary bodies; Mentrau Iaith (local language initiatives); the National Eisteddfod; Mudiad Ysgolion Meithrin; Urdd Gobaith Cymru and the Welsh Books Council’s grants to publishers scheme.

  15. Whilst this selection naturally focuses on central government involvement with the field, it is vital not to lose sight of the concerted efforts of many other organisations and agencies which have been working for the language for many years.  

CULTURE SPORT AND WELSH LANGUAGE DIVISION

MARCH 2001

 

THE WELSH LANGUAGE BOARD ANNEX 1

1. The Welsh Language Board is an Assembly Sponsored Public Body established under the Welsh Language Act 1993. The current statutory Board took over from a non-statutory Welsh Language Board which had been in existence since 1988. 2. The Members of the Board are appointed by the Assembly. The Board can consist of up to 15 members, but the current number of members is 11. The current membership is: Mr Rhodri Williams (Chair)
Dr Medwin Hughes (Deputy Chair)
Professor Colin Baker
Mr Jeffrey Morgan
Mr Gwyn Bartley
Ms Sue Camper
Ms Bethan Guilfoyle
Ms Gwawr Hughes
Dr Arun Midha
Ms Rhiannon Walters
Professor Colin Williams 3. Mr Rhodri Williams was appointed Chair in May 2000, following open competition. His appointment was for 3 years, to 30 April 2003. The current members have been appointed to serve a 3 year term expiring on 31 March 2003. 4. The overarching statutory function of the Board is "to promote and facilitate the use of the Welsh language". Within that broad function, the Welsh Language Act 1993 provides specifically for the Board to:

• make grants
• advise the National Assembly
• advise other organisations (which can be public, private or voluntary bodies)
• oversee and regulate the adoption and implementation of Welsh language schemes under the Act by public bodies

5. The Board also maintains a strategic overview of Welsh language education. The Board’s role in relation to education is under review. 6. The Board’s Chief Executive is an Accounting Officer for the public funds allocated to the Board by the Assembly. In general, the Board is responsible itself for formulating and implementing its own policies and strategy within the framework of the 1993 Act. Each year the Board prepares a Corporate Plan (covering its programme of activities for the next 3 years) and Operational Plan (for the next 12 months). These documents require the Assembly’s approval. The Assembly has reserve powers to issue general or specific directions to the Board and, were it to do so, the Act requires the Board to comply. 7. The Welsh Language Board is one of the Assembly Sponsored Public Bodies to which Section 28 of the Government of Wales Act 1998 applies. The Assembly has powers to transfer functions of the Board to other public bodies (or to transfer functions from some other bodies to the Board); to transfer functions of the Board to the Assembly; and to wind up the Board if all its functions have been transferred elsewhere. 8. The Board has been notable for its enthusiastic desire to build partnerships with other organisations and to work with others in the interests of the language. As the statutory body charged with supporting the language, the Board is itself an important partner with which the wider language movement can engage, both at Board member and officer level. As part of the regular cycle of monitoring the work of all sponsored bodies, a quinquennial review of the Welsh Language Board is currently underway. An interim report on the Board is due to be considered by the Culture Committee on 28 March.  

ANNEX E

CULTURE COMMITTEE

Background

1. The Culture Committee is one of the seven subject committees of the National Assembly for Wales. The Assembly is required to have such committees by Section 57 of the Government of Wales Act 1998 (which established the National Assembly). Each subject committee covers the area of responsibility of one Assembly Minister (who is a member of the Assembly Cabinet). The relevant Assembly Minister is a member of the committee.

The functions of the subject committees, and the way in which they operate are set out in the Assembly’s standing orders (SO 8 and 9 in particular).

General responsibilities of subject committees

1. The responsibilities of subject committees are to:

- contribute to the development of the Assembly’s policies; - keep under review the expenditure and administration connected with their implementation; - review the discharge of public functions in those fields by public, voluntary and private bodies; - advise on proposed legislation affecting Wales; - provide advice to the Assembly Cabinet on matters relating to the allocation of the Assembly’s budget; - be involved in the process for considering complaints about the Assembly’s actions or omissions; - be involved in the public appointments process; - consider matters referred to it by the Assembly.

Membership

1. TThe Chairman of the committee is chosen from a panel of chairs elected by the Assembly. The relevant Assembly Secretary is automatically a member of the committee. The remaining [seven] members are elected by the Assembly. All members are elected for the duration of an Assembly (although individual members may be added or discharged during the Assembly). The panel of chairs and he members of the committee are elected by the Assembly. The balance of parties in the Assembly is reflected in the membership of the panel and the committees. The current Committee, elected in November 2000, is as follows:

Name Party Constituency Rhodri Glyn Thomas (Chair) Plaid Cymru Carmarthen East & Dinefwr Jenny Randerson (Assembly Liberal Democrat Cardiff Central Minister) Delyth Evans (Deputy Minister) Labour Mid & West Wales Gareth Jones Plaid Cymru Conwy Lorraine Barrett Labour Cardiff South & Penarth Owen John Thomas Plaid Cymru South Wales Central Rosemary Butler Labour Newport West Alison Halford Labour Delyn Jonathan Morgan Conservative South Wales Central

1. The Committee is staffed by a secretariat from the Office of the Presiding Officer, headed by a Clerk. It may also occasionally appoint specialist advisers.

Responsibilities of the Culture Committee

1. The Culture Committee covers the following subjects:
2. Arts and culture, including museums and libraries
3. Sport and recreation
4. The Welsh language

It has oversight responsibilities for the following Assembly-sponsored public bodies and grant-aided bodies:

• The National Museums and Galleries of Wales
• The National Library of Wales
• The Sports Council for Wales
• The Arts Council for Wales
• The Library and Information Services Council (Wales)
• The Welsh Language Board
• The Welsh Books Council
• The Council of Museums

 

ANNEX F / ATODIAD F

LIST OF CONSULTEES / RHESTR YMGYNGHORI

• Abbey National
• Aberystwyth Arts Centre
• Academi (Yr Academi Gymreig)
• ACEN, Welsh Language Services
• ADAS
• Aelwyd Housing Association Ltd
• Age Concern, Cymru
• Agricultural Wages Committee
• Anheddau Cyf
• Antur Cwm Taf/Tywi
• Antur Gwy
• Antur Penllyn
• Antur Teifi
• Archives Council Wales
• Arena Network
• Arts & Business Cymru
• Arts Council of Wales
• Artworks Wales
• ASDA
• Association of Welsh Community Health Councils
• Atlantic Foundation
• Audit Commission
• BAFTA Cymru
• Baneswell Housing Association Ltd
• Bank of England Agency for Wales
• Barclays Bank
• Barcud Derwen
• Barddas
• Barn
• BBC Wales
• Benefits Agency
• Big Issue Cymru
• Blewyn Glas
• Boundary Commission for Wales
• Brecon & Radnor Express & Powys County Times
• Brecon Beacons National Park
• Bridgend County Borough Council
• Bridgend County Borough Library & Information Services
• British Council Wales
• British Gas Trading
• British Medical Assocation
• British Red Cross (Wales)
• Bro Morgannwg NHS Trust
• Bro Myrddin Housing Association Ltd
• Bro Taf Health Authority
• Broadcasting Support Services
• BT, Wales
• BTCV Cymru
• Business Connect Wales
• Business Direction
• Business in Focus Ltd
• Business in the Community in Wales
• Cadarn Housing Group Ltd
• CADMAD
• CADW Welsh Historic Monuments
• CADWYN
• Cadwyn Housing Association Ltd
• Caernarfon & Denbigh Herald
• Caerphilly County Borough Council
• Caerphilly County Borough Libraries
• Cambria
• Cambrian News
• Camelot
• Campaign for the Protection of Rural Wales
• Cancer Research Campaign Cymru
• Cardiff & Vale NHS Trust
• Cardiff Bus and Cardiff City Transport Services Ltd
• Cardiff Central Library
• Cardiff Chamber of Commerce Trade & Industry
• Cardiff Charter 88
• Cardiff Community Housing Association Ltd
• Cardiff County Council
• Cardiff International Airport
• Cardiff Marketing Ltd
• Cardigan & Tivyside Advertiser
• Care for Wales Public Policy
• Carmarthen Journal
• Carmarthen Lyric Theatre
• Carmarthenshire County Council
• Carmarthenshire Enterprises
• Carmarthenshire NHS Trust
• CBAT ( Cardiff Bay Arts Trust)
• CBI Wales
• CEFN
• CELTEC North Wales TEC
• Celtic Congress, Welsh Branch
• Centre for Alternative Technology
• Ceredigion and Mid Wales NHS Trust
• Ceredigion County Council
• Ceredigion County Library
• Champion 103 FM
• Chapter Arts Centre & Chapter Globe
• Charles Lloyd Foundation
• Charter Housing Association (1973)Ltd
• Chartered Institute of Environmental Health
• Chartered Institute of Housing in Wales
• Christian Aid
• Chronicle Series
• Chwarae Teg - Fairplay
• City & County of Swansea Library and Information S
• City and County of Swansea
• Civic Trust for Wales
• Clebran
• Clecs y Cwm a'r Dref
• Clonc
• Clwyd Alyn Housing Association Ltd
• Clwyd Theatre Cymru
• Clwyd-Powys Archaeological Trust
• Clwydfro Enterprise Agency
• CND Cymru, Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament Wales
• Coast FM
• Coastal Business Centre/Coastal Enterprise Agency
• Coed Cymru
• Commission for Local Administration in Wales
• Commission for Racial Equality
• Commonwealth Games Council for Wales
• Community Enterprise Wales
• Community Music Wales
• Community Service Volunteers (CSV Wales)
• Community Transport Association
• Companies House
• Composers of Wales
• Confederation of Passenger Transport Wales
• Congregational Federation in Wales
• Conwy & Denbighshire NHS Trust
• Conwy County Borough Council
• Conwy County Borough Council Library
• Corwen Times
• Council for Sunday Schools & Christian Education in Wales
• Council for Wales of Voluntary Youth Services
• Council of Museums in Wales
• Council of Welsh TECs
• Country Land and Business Association
• Country Quest
• Countryside Alliance
• Countryside Council for Wales
• County Borough Council of Merthyr Tydfil
• County Borough of Blaenau Gwent
• County Echo Newspapers
• County Times Express & Gazette Series
• Crown Prosecution Service Wales
• Cwlwm
• Cwmni Iaith Cyf
• CYD
• Cyfarthfa Castle Museum & Art Gallery
• CYMAD
• Cymdeithas Cerdd Dant Cymru
• Cymdeithas Cyfieithwyr Cymru
• Cymdeithas Cysylltiadau Cyhoeddus Cymru
• Cymdeithas Emynau Cymru
• Cymdeithas Gerdd Dafod
• Cymdeithas Hanes Amaethyddiaeth
• Cymdeithas Tai Cantref Cyf
• Cymdeithas Tai Clwyd Cyf
• Cymdeithas Tai Dewi Sant
• Cymdeithas Tai Eryri Cyf
• Cymdeithas Tai Hafan Cyf
• Cymdeithas yr Iaith Gymraeg
• Cymru Prosper Wales
• Cynnydd - Wales Youth Justice Forum
• Cynon Valley Leader
• Cynon-Taf Housing Association Ltd
• Cyswllt Busnes De Gwynedd, Antur Dwyryd - Llyn
• CYTUN
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• Welsh National Opera
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• Welsh Socialist Monthly
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• Wilia
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• Wyeside Arts Centre
• Y Barcud
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